Posts Tagged ‘Cruel April’

Cruel to be Kind

Monday, April 13th, 2015

Thanks to warmer temperatures and the burgeoning fashion and music scenes downtown, April may not be the cruelest month after all.

Wish List

Friday, April 18th, 2014
Professor Colleen Kattau performed Thursday at Punto de Contacto for the Cruel April Poetry Series.

Professor Colleen Kattau performed Thursday at Punto de Contacto for the Cruel April Poetry Series.

Let’s file this under the things we’d like to see index

PDL (Public Display of Like)

Friday, April 18th, 2014

Word on the Street

Friday, April 4th, 2014
“Poetry is alive; poetry is important…poetry is not a luxury”
Georgia A. Popoff
Author and poet Georgia A. Popoff was the speaker Thursday night at the new Point of Contact Gallery at the Warehouse.

Author Georgia A. Popoff read and discussed her poetry Thursday night at the new Point of Contact Gallery. She is the workshop coordinator for the Downtown Writers Center.

Point of Contact (Punto de Contacto) is still located on the Connective Corridor,but the gallery has officially moved to the Nancy Cantor Warehouse on West Fayette Street.  The street-level location was buzzing last night for the poetry reading and book fair kick-off.  The audience included students, local authors, artists and SU staff members.

We found the lighting less adequate than the former location (East Genesee Street), but the new space is more inviting and eclectic.

Each Thursday this month, the gallery will host a new writer to celebrate National Poetry Month.

Strolling Toward Wanderkammer

Friday, April 12th, 2013
Poet Cynthia Cruz gaves a reading at the Point of Contact Gallery on Thursday.

Poet Cynthia Cruz gave a reading at the Point of Contact Gallery on Thursday.

As a continuation of the Cruel April series, the Point of Contact hosted California-raised, Brooklyn-based writer Cynthia Cruz yesterday.  She read from four of her books with poems that featured themes such as religion, love, and loss. During the Q+A session , the soft-spoken Cruz shared part of her writing and editing process.